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Natural disasters cause $310 billion in economic losses in 2024: Swiss Re 05 Dec 2024 - 11:57 pm
File: Pedestrians stand next to piled up cars following deadly floods in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain, on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Jose Jordan / AFP)
Wildlife commission lowers European wolf protections 03 Dec 2024 - 02:06 pm
(FILES) A wolf is photographed in a forest near the Russian border, in Hukkajarvi, eastern Finland, on May 16, 2022. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)
Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record 03 Dec 2024 - 02:03 pm
People take pictures in Kiyosumi Garden in Tokyo on December 3, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
Poor nations walk out of climate deal consultation with COP29 president 23 Nov 2024 - 05:58 pm
Former US vice president Al Gore speaks during a session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 15, 2024. Photo by Laurent THOMET / AFP.
Rich nations raise cash offer to poor nations in climate talks 23 Nov 2024 - 04:56 pm
Activists hold a silent protest inside the COP29 venue to demand that rich nations provide climate finance to developing countries, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 16, 2024. Photo by Laurent THOMET / AFP.
Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record 19 Nov 2024 - 05:41 pm
This picture taken on March 7, 2022 shows the current condition of the coral on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. Photo by Glenn NICHOLLS / AFP
COP29 negotiators strive for deal after G20 'marching orders' 19 Nov 2024 - 05:03 pm
Former US vice president Al Gore speaks during a session at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 15, 2024. Photo by Laurent THOMET / AFP.
All eyes on G20 for breakthrough as COP29 climate talks stall 16 Nov 2024 - 07:47 pm
Handout picture released by the Brazilian Presidency showing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (L) shaking hands with UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres during a meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 16, 2024, ahead of the G20 Summit. Photo by Ricardo STUCKERT / Brazilian Presidency / AFP.
Chinese scientists find new method to sweeten tomatoes 16 Nov 2024 - 01:55 pm
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Scientists say world's largest coral found near Solomon Islands 14 Nov 2024 - 02:42 pm
This handout photo taken by National Geographic Pristine Seas on October 24, 2024, and released on November 14, shows divers swimming over the world's largest coral. (Photo by Manu San Felix / National Geographic Pristine Seas / AFP)
Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: report 13 Nov 2024 - 04:41 pm
This aerial photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows a coral atoll near Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
'Carbon-neutral' countries demand credit at COP29 12 Nov 2024 - 08:01 pm
Participating world leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 12, 2024. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.
UK vows to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% on 1990 levels by 2035 12 Nov 2024 - 05:45 pm
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UN climate talks are 'moment of truth' for Paris pact, says COP29 chief 11 Nov 2024 - 11:25 am
People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024. The COP29 climate talks open on November 11 in Azerbaijan, under the long shadow cast by the re-election of Donald Trump, who has pledged to row back on the United States' carbon-cutting commitments. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.
2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU monitor 10 Nov 2024 - 04:57 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A car rides by the dried Yovkovtsi dam, near the town of Elena, Central Bulgaria on November 08, 2024. Nine of 12 dams supplying water to localities in Bulgaria are 65% full, and the drought in summer is perduring now in the autumn. More than 240.000 people in a country of 6,5 million are facing regular water shortages. Photo by Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFP.
World must better adapt to 'climate calamity': Guterres 07 Nov 2024 - 03:34 pm
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP.
New doubt over production cuts in plastic pollution treaty 31 Oct 2024 - 02:03 pm
(Files) People look through plastic and other debris washed ashore at Kedonganan Beach near Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP)
Climate-scarred Australia faces fiercer fires, floods, droughts 30 Oct 2024 - 04:50 pm
This aerial photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows a coral atoll near Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)